Students with access to a computer and a couple spare minutes can vote today and tomorrow in the ASUA primary election.

Undergraduate students can vote for president, executive vice president, administrative vice president, and senatorial candidate positions. Graduate students can vote for all positions except for senators, said Adam Falck, Associated Students of the University of Arizona election commissioner.

Students can vote from any computer by logging onto the ASUA Web site (www.asua.arizona.edu) and by using their student identification number, beginning at 8 a.m. The Web site poll will be open continuously until 8 p.m. tomorrow, Falck said.

Those who know who they are going to vote for should be able to finish in less than a minute, Falck said.

To make voting more convenient for students on campus, there will be two voting stations on the main level of the Student Union Memorial Center, one near the CatCard office and the other outside the Memorial Lounge near the Kaplan Test Prep Office.

The on-campus polling sites will be private and will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both today and tomorrow, Falck said.

Falck said he is hoping for more than 3,000 voters in the primaries, which he said are a few hundred more voters than last year's election.

The results of the primary will be announced Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. in the Kiva room in the Student Union, Falck said.

For the two presidential candidates who make it through the primaries, there will be a debate on Thursday, at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Kiva room moderated by Provost George Davis and student regent Ben Graff, Falck said.

The Arizona Daily Wildcat will hold its own debate for the final two presidential candidates on Monday at noon in Gallagher Theater.

Yesterday at noon, executive office candidates answered students' questions in an open forum on the UA Mall. About 75 students listened for the entire time, and about 100 more stopped throughout the forum to listen to the candidates' platforms, Falck said.

Cassiopeia Senn

Cassiopeia Sonn, an administrative vice presidential candidate, has three years of ASUA to her credit.

The pre-physiological sciences senior wants to promote safety awareness and crime prevention for students who do not know where to go when faced with a troubling situation and feel lost.

"Students don't know where to turn to, and with the help of University of Arizona Police Department, Tucson Police Department and ASUA, students will know that they have those resources," Sonn said.

Sonn's platform also includes increasing class council membership by appointing a member from each ASUA class council to serve as a liaison to the student body in hopes of getting more students involved around campus.

As current marketing director, Sonn said she familiarized herself with and marketed all the various programs and services around campus. She said she would be able to use those marketing skills in continuing to manage these programs as administrative vice president.

Keven Barker

Keven Barker, an administrative vice presidential candidate, said students can have a stronger voice at the UA by continuing to support and reject proposed ideas like the implementation of the mandatory meal plan.

Barker, a pre-business senior, said he "hates" the mandatory meal plan idea and supports student wishes to be able to use the CatCard on University Boulevard.

"Chicken Kitchen already offers students a discount with the use of the CatCard," Barker said. "This would allow students more choices and the university more money for its dollar."

Safety issues were on Barker's mind, and he said he would like to get services like self-defense programs initiated for students who feel unsafe walking around campus late at night as well as walking alone to their cars in the parking garages.

Barker said he wants students to get more involved in the different clubs and organizations around campus by having a club day on the Mall to better inform students of the possibilities out there.

"There are over 540 clubs on campus, and we need to promote them better," Barker said.

Barker said his plan is to better class councils within ASUA, such as giving the freshman class council the opportunity to work with the previous year's freshman council to instill in them a sense of direction.

Fernando Ascencio

Fernando Ascencio, an administrative vice president candidate, is the director of speakers board and head of programming services, which helped to bring Michael Moore to campus.

Ascencio, a political science senior, said that as administrative vice president, he hopes to bring in other big name faces to the UA like Dave Chapelle and Robin Williams.

"I want to be here for (students) so that these big name events promote themselves," Ascencio said.

Ascencio said accountability and retention are the main ingredients for class councils to continue to prosper year after year, and his goal as administrative vice president is to see each class council continue over to the next class council.

Erin Hertzog

Erin Hertzog, a candidate for executive vice president, said her major platform is developing Cats Ride, a program similar to SafeRide, which would be offered on weekends to students who are drunk and need a ride back to their residence halls or apartments in the vicinity of campus.

Hertzog said students will drink "no matter what" and said Cats Ride will promote alcohol awareness by teaching students about safety and responsibility.

Hertzog, a journalism junior, said she developed a 345-page manual to present to the Faculty Senate to make the program happen. She said Enterprise Rent-A-Car is willing to provide some of their own rental cars and gasoline to make the program run.

Hertzog said she will meet with the faculty senate on Monday where they will decide if Cats Ride becomes an ASUA program.

Developing an internship fair, which Hertzog hopes would rival the success of the career fairs at the UA, is also one of the platforms she is striving to make possible for juniors and seniors who need to polish their resumes before graduating.